On Monday, 16 July 2012 at 21:25, Chris Tapp wrote: > I've built the 'atom-pc' kernel as follows: > > 1) git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky.git > (http://git.yoctoproject.org/poky.git) > 2) git checkout denzil > 3) source poky/oe-init-build-env work-area > 4) Edit local.conf so that threads/parallel make are both 16 and MACHINE is > 'atom-pc' > 8) bitbake virtual/kernel. > > However, the kernel that gets produced fails to boot. All I get is a screen > full of random characters and nothing comes out of the serial port > (configured for kernel messages). I don't get any 'Loading...' or > 'Uncompressing...' messages either. Using a kernel image from else where > (e.g. Voyage Linux) works as expected. > > What do I need to do differently to get the above to build a bootable image? > I'm assuming that 'atom-pc' works for others? How are you actually booting the kernel? I frequently boot the generated hddimg when written to a USB stick on my Zotac box, but it's well known that PC hardware is a nightmare to boot reliably...
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